HTC Droid Incredible shipments pushed back to August

Although Verizon won’t phase out the HTC Droid Incredible, the smartphone’s shipping date is being continuously pushed back.

Right now, Verizon says the Incredible shall be “shipped by August 3.” That’s way later than the launch date of Motorola Droid X – this suggests trouble for HTC, because Verizon allows users who pre-ordered the Incredible to get a Droid X instead. And, because the handsets have a similar price ($200 on contract), I believe a lot of initial Incredible customers will eventually opt for the Droid X.

As previously mentioned, HTC can’t make enough Droid Incredibles because Samsung can’t afford to sell AMOLED displays to other companies (including HTC), because it can barely produce them for its own phones (which, by the manner, are wildly successful).

So HTC is ditching AMOLED for S-LCD displays – although this still doesn’t be sure that the Incredible won’t be further delayed. Well, at the least there’s some excellent news for people who have already got the smartphone: they are going to have the ability to enjoy HD video recording and hotspot capabilities soon.